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ATLANTA – The questionable call came out of left field, as the clutch-as-can-be Cardinals remained alive while the great Braves star Chipper Jones' magical Hall-of-Fame career ended in a defeat. The game featured three Braves errors (one by Chipper), a debris delay courtesy of an unruly crowd, a quickly denied protest and a whole lot more controversy than MLB hoped or bargained for.
The game surely lived up to its name as the first ever one-game, do-or-die wild-card playoff.
The new format was intended to trigger excitement. But what baseball got instead was unwanted controversy.
A surprise infield fly call curtailed a late Braves rally, upsetting the Braves and especially their fans, some of whom put down their foam tomahawks long enough to hurl beer...
Bunting hanging from the rafters. Red tomahawks. An actual sellout for a postseason game (but then, it’s new again).Ted Turner. Jimmy Carter. Bobby Cox (except in the stands, not in cleats).Also, there was Chipper Jones. He was... more »
Ah, baseball ballparks: Home to the national pastime, hot dogs, Cracker Jacks ... and in some cases, everlasting love. Ever wondered what it would be like to go to a wedding where the ring-bearer is the Colorado Rockies mascot?... more »
As if the final days of the last baseball season weren’t dramatic enough, this year’s Cardinals are working on a rather fascinating sequel to that 2011 championship season.A year ago, it was a historic regular-season comeback... more »
They were characterized as choking dogs a year ago and, truth being the ultimate defense, they had no cause to sue for libel. They’d gone 9-18 in September and wasted an 8 1/2-game lead, finally losing the wild card in... more »
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